/*
 * Copyright 2011 The MyBatis Team
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.mybatis.generator.api;

import org.mybatis.generator.api.dom.java.CompilationUnit;
import org.mybatis.generator.config.Context;

/**
 * Objects implementing this interface are used to convert the internal
 * representation of the Java DOM classes into a string suitable for
 * saving to the file system. Note that the string generated by this
 * class will be saved directly to the file system with no additional modifications.
 * Only one instance of the class will be created in each context. Configuration can
 * be passed into the class through the use of properties in the Context.
 * 
 * @author Jeff Butler
 */
public interface JavaFormatter
{
    void setContext(Context context);
    
    String getFormattedContent(CompilationUnit compilationUnit);
}
